Synonyms of abandoned

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adjective

1

as in deserted

left unoccupied or unused

she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserted
• disused
• derelict
• vacant
• vacated
• rejected
• desolate
• forsaken
• forgotten
• discarded
• void
• empty
• neglected
• ignored
• unattended
• junked
• untended
• waste
• jettisoned
• refuse
• shabby
• idle
• cast-off
• miserable
• godforsaken
• castaway
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• restored
• retrieved
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

2

as in rampant

showing no signs of being under control

wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rampant
• runaway
• uncontrolled
• unbridled
• unchecked
• unbounded
• unhindered
• unrestrained
• raw
• unhampered
• intemperate
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable
• uninhibited
• barbaric
• wild
• riotous
• hog wild

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlled
• checked
• hampered
• hindered
• restrained
• governed
• constrained
• temperate
• curbed
• moderate
• bridled
• tempered

abandoned

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verb

past tense of abandon

1

as in indulged

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulged
• surrendered
• yielded
• delivered
• gave up
• reveled
• basked
• revelled
• overindulged
• wallowed
• rolled
• overdid
• luxuriated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• eschewed
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• restrained
• checked
• inhibited
• forwent
• forewent
• forbore

2

as in left

to cause to remain behind

abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• left
• stranded
• deserted
• dumped
• quitted
• discarded
• marooned
• forsook
• quit
• relinquished
• scrapped
• flung
• escaped
• shed
• walked away from
• ignored
• vacated
• rejected
• ditched
• walked out on
• jettisoned
• renounced
• junked
• withdrew (from)
• sacrificed
• surrendered
• neglected
• repudiated
• separated (from)
• cut off
• retreated (from)
• disregarded
• disowned
• handed over
• threw away
• delivered
• forgot
• yielded
• gave up
• threw out
• shucked (off)
• abjured
• took off (from)
• distanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• owned
• had
• retained
• possessed
• held
• reserved
• reclaimed
• kept
• withheld
• saved
• rescued
• harbored
• redeemed

3

as in cancelled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cancelled
• canceled
• scrapped
• aborted
• revoked
• repealed
• recalled
• scrubbed
• rescinded
• dropped
• withdrew
• called
• suspended
• terminated
• called off
• halted
• reversed
• ended
• invalidated
• cried off
• interrupted
• retracted
• abrogated
• nullified
• stopped
• discontinued
• annulled
• voided
• relinquished
• recanted
• took back
• rolled back
• broke off
• surrendered
• wrote off
• held back
• countermanded
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• kept
• engaged
• began
• promised
• started
• commenced
• initiated
• pledged
• undertook
• took up
• took on

4

as in quitted

to stop doing (something) permanently

marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quitted
• discontinued
• dropped
• quit
• ended
• finished
• had done (with)
• ceased
• laid off (of)
• concluded
• packed (up or in)
• closed
• knocked off
• gave up
• halted
• expired
• hung it up
• paused
• shut off
• broke off
• left off
• terminated
• broke up
• tapered off
• threw up
• wrapped up
• wound up
• rounded (off or out)
• winded up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• continued
• kept
• carried on
• went
• persisted
• kept up
• held on
• renewed
• hung on
• resumed
• preserved
• reopened
• stayed
• started
• began
• ran on
• persevered
• hung in
• commenced
• restarted
• followed through (with)